San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-16

commissioner. Is receiving a great many
applications from lab0rers for work
already.
j. j. Cavanaugh has resuscitated
the sanitary business, and viii go into
that again as soon as his successor
qualities.
The Mission Hose company had
! meeting yesterday and decided TO give
hearty support to the Washington Birth
day celebration.
Justice Barnes gave judgment for
plaintiffs yesterday in the suit OF Geo.
korrner and G. l.. Bracket on note
against N. Leal. Also for platntln 10
Emanuel Abrahams against Gray White.
"A viotimized Frenchman and gold
ring fakir had lively chase on Com
meroe street yesterday afternoon. The
Frenchman was the chaser and the fakir
the chasee.
The injunction suit OF Terrell
against the county commissioners
court, to prevent the running OF
road through his land, was dissolved by
the district judge y, sterday.
"A famous Washington gambler. it is said,
will soon go to preaching. He would have be-
gun 1t ten years ago, but he has only just now
found a cure for his cough. VI Is DIR. BulIs
tOugn syrup.
--"Beholdl the world rests and her tired in
habtants have paused from trouble aud tur-
MOL, because the customary headache ana
neuralgia have been cured by Salvation OIL.
Price rs cents bottle.
Robson and Crane, the great come
disns, have played in Galveston, and
should have delighted San Antonio with
their two Drom los.
"A fight between Chas. Chase and
VIM. Washington, cOlored men, occurred
on West Commerce street this morning.
Washington hit Chase with another
mans orutch, cutting cash In his
cheek
John Desmuke, of Atascosa county.
Is In the city. Reports his county dry
and few farmers have begun to pillow rs
yet.
-Kerble's largest alligator is dead
and skinned. Kerble's bull dog, who
had not forgotten the former fight with
the monster, in which he was worsted,
killed him by tearing out his throat. The
fight lasted for some time.
Col. Belknap is extending the San
Pedro avenue and Alamo street car line
down Mill street, In the seventh ward,
to cross over the new bridge and con-
neot at the Arkansas Pass depot.
-Chas. Beckman, collector for the
Lone Star brewery, goes on Monday to
Monterey, Mexico, for a visit and TO re-
cuperste. He says there will be no we'd
ding yet.
Mr.. A. P. Shatto. genial telegraph
operator, formerly connected with the
Sunset service In this city, has again re-
turned and is now employed in the Sun
set train dispatoher's office.
Montgomery Armstrong furnished
peace bond to keep the peace towards
his Mexican wife yesterday, and was re-
leased from the custody Of the state by
Justice Bar es. He Is now In the hands
of the police to work out an old fine.
In the district court yesterday the
trial of VIM. Washington, charged with
perjury, came to an end by the jury de-
olaring defendant guilty and assessing
bis penalty at five years In the peniten-
tiary.
-AmadO Delgado, who lives near
Grandjean's store, on FL PasO street, left
his ambulance standing in front OF his
house yesterday morning, and about
O'Clock, just before daylight, some
thieves bitched a team to it and stole 1t.
Pedro Garcia has been jailed
charged with theft Of gold watch from
Mrs. Cohen, whose house was recently
entered and robbed of four watches.
Garcia brought one OF the watches to a
jeweler for repairs and it was recognized
by the ieweler.
Surprises were numerous when the
result OF the election was announced.
Late in the afternoon OF election day, a
man offered to bet two to one that
Chrysler would come out with 500 ma
jority. At the Krisch hall poll, odds
were offered on Cook, till the finish,
with no takers.
1t has been suggested that the reason
Justice Barnes attends the theatre at
the Grand 80 regularly is on account of
the many murders and sudden deaths
occurring on the stage. There were
two murders there last night. but the
Justice did not deem 1t necessary to
hold an inquest.
The LIGHT has received a copy OF
Litterateur, a ten page small octave
monthly magazine, edited by Ed. f.
Brotze, of San Antonio, and Miss Lessie
M. Warson, of Kansas City, associate,
and published here by the former gen.
tleman, devoted to the interests of
amateur Journalism. 1t is good and
interesting paper and should succeed.